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␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 	␈October 9, 1978 




␈↓ ↓H␈↓Professor Yasuhisa Niimi
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Department of Computer Science
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Kyoto Technical University
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sakyo-ku Matsugasaki
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Kyoto, JAPAN

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Professor Niimi:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Thank␈α
you␈α
for␈α
your␈α
letter␈α
of␈α
September␈α
27.␈α
 If␈α
you␈α
want␈α
to␈α
continue␈α
with␈α
speech␈α
recognition,␈αit
␈↓ ↓H␈↓does␈α
not␈α
seem␈α
to␈α
me␈α
that␈α
Stanford␈α
Arti≡cial␈α
Intelligence␈α
Laboratory␈α
is␈α
the␈α
best␈α
place␈α
for␈α
you␈α
in␈α
the
␈↓ ↓H␈↓United␈αStates␈αas␈αno␈αone␈αhere␈αis␈αcurrently␈αactive␈αin␈αthat␈α≡eld.␈α I␈αcould␈αsuggest␈αSRI␈αInternational␈αin
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Menlo␈αPark,␈αor␈α
Carnegie-Mellon␈αUniversity.␈α As␈αto␈α
the␈αother␈αtopics␈αyou␈α
mention,␈αI␈αwill␈αshow␈α
your
␈↓ ↓H␈↓letter to some other faculty, especially to Professor Feigenbaum, the chairman of our department.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sincerely,



␈↓ ↓H␈↓John McCarthy
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Director
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Professor of Computer Science